PIEDMONT Training Class Aug 13th

[daviator28621]

Anyone else going to Aug 13th training for piedmont.

I have been studying the info for ground school and would like to get up with anyone else doing the studying for ground school to compare notes.

PM Me and we will talk.

 

[kf4amu]

I'll have at least the first test done today. Done half of it so far, going to the tutor lab this evening to knock out a bunch of studying.

 

[OPECJet]

Will you kids PLEASE stop taking the $5000 bait to come be abused by this rathole company.....

 

[mu2]

Will you kids PLEASE stop taking the $5000 bait to come be abused by this rathole company.....

Yeah, you kids should go to another rathole company that doesn't give you $5000.

 

[kf4amu]

Yeah, you kids should go to another rathole company that doesn't give you $5000.

Seriously, it was the best option.

 

[GOULET!]

I would highly recommend going somewhere that will get you PIC time the fastest....it sure isn't Piedmont. Don't fall for the $5k bait.

 

[kf4amu]

I would highly recommend going somewhere that will get you PIC time the fastest....it sure isn't Piedmont. Don't fall for the $5k bait.

Like? With my hours Piedmont was the best option. If I get my CFI and flight instruct to meet other airlines mins, while a very good experience (one I will eventually do anyway) doesnt get me PIC time quicker. The time I spend flight instructing could be spent right seat at Piedmont.

 

[mu2]

I would highly recommend going somewhere that will get you PIC time the fastest....it sure isn't Piedmont. Don't fall for the $5k bait.

Oh yeah, that's a GREAT idea. He has 250 hours!!! Hello it will be years before he can even think about an ungrade. You guys bitCCh about how F/Os are getting on with no experience and little time, yet you tell him to take the quickest upgrade he can with 250 hours. You say "how can someone be a competent PIC with only 2000 hours". What is wrong with you? Make up your frign mind!

kf4amu, please don't make any career dicisions from this site. Most posters (not all), just come here in protest, and never have anything good to say. Please, try to find one thread that has ANYTHING positive in it. You can't. Do what you need to do, and make as much money as you can while doing it.

MU2 OUT!!!

 

[kf4amu]

kf4amu, please don't make any career dicisions from this site. Most posters (not all), just come here in protest, and never have anything good to say. Please, try to find one thread that has ANYTHING positive in it. You can't. Do what you need to do, and make as much money as you can while doing it.

MU2 OUT!!!

HAA thanks for being a voice of reason. Don't worry, I can think for myself. I just dont understand why people are pilots if they hate it so much. Or why are pilots if they "can't live" on the pay...as if you don't know how much you're going to get paid before you accept the job.

Its capitalism...supply and demand. I think given my situation, I got one of the best options available.

 

[daviator28621]

Let's see 3 years as CFI, still have to be an F/O for at least a year before you could upgrade to captain.

OR

3 years as F/O and upgrade to captain with 3000 hours Lot's of experience, seniority, benefits etc...

HMMM it would take 4 years if you go CFI route and 3 years if you go F/O route.

No brainer.

I'm sorry the industry is making it easier for the new guys right now and some of you have had to do things differently.

Bottom line we are all pilots and how you got there is not as relevant as what you will do once you get there.

Support the company you work for and make it a better place than it was the day before.

If you feel you can't support the company you work for MOVE ON and love the next place.

If you hate the next place and the next place.....look at the common denominator. The problem may be YOU, not the company you work for.

 

[I_Love_Lamp]

You're going to upgrade in 3 years at PDT? HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Sure thing kiddo!

 

[avl_pilot]

I think MU2 is right, we have to accept that times have changed and no-one has to instruct for 3+ years to get the time they need to get an airline gig. I say come on over and if you can make it through training and your not some d!ck weed with a bad attitude then I have no problem with you being here.

 

[kf4amu]

You're going to upgrade in 3 years at PDT? HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Sure thing kiddo!

A good friend from high school is a 3rd year FO there and can upgrade now.

 

[CoAlpha]

A good friend from high school is a 3rd year FO there and can upgrade now.

wrong

 

[kf4amu]

wrong

He's never been a liar.

 

[lear24]

He's never been a liar.

He's either talking out his rear or you misunderstood him. The junior captains have been at PDT for about 5.5 years.

 

[kf4amu]

He's either talking out his rear or you misunderstood him. The junior captains have been at PDT for about 5.5 years.

I'll make sure to double check with him next time we talk.

 

[OPECJet]

Let's see 3 years as CFI, still have to be an F/O for at least a year before you could upgrade to captain.

OR

3 years as F/O and upgrade to captain with 3000 hours Lot's of experience, seniority, benefits etc...

HMMM it would take 4 years if you go CFI route and 3 years if you go F/O route.

No brainer.

I'm sorry the industry is making it easier for the new guys right now and some of you have had to do things differently.

Bottom line we are all pilots and how you got there is not as relevant as what you will do once you get there.

Support the company you work for and make it a better place than it was the day before.

If you feel you can't support the company you work for MOVE ON and love the next place.

If you hate the next place and the next place.....look at the common denominator. The problem may be YOU, not the company you work for.

Son, you've got a hell of a lot to learn about the airline world.

There's 80 or so of us lowly FO's who've been slaving at this company for three or more years and have supported it through 14 hour days, junior mans, reserve, 8 and 9 hour overnights, incorrect paychecks, disrespectful flight support staff, etc. The company has shown it's support by closing bases, no upgrades, and now paying new guys this bonus while our efforts go unnoticed and unappreciated.

I know, I know... If I don't like it... quit... That seems to be the mantra of all you new guys and old timer KoolAid drinkers.

Rather than quit, I decided I'd spend my extra time trying to make this a better place to work. On top of that, if pilots in my seniority range quit in droves as the more junior crowd has, you'll be in even deeper ******************** as captains find other jobs, and few if any FO's have the required time to upgrade.

Yes my friends, that is the next saga of the PDT soap opera.

 

[Sig]

He's never been a liar.

It's that kind of arrogant horse-crap attitude that makes people want to separate your teeth from their gums.

There is NO WAY a three year FO is eligible for upgrade.

I should know; I'll be on 4th year pay in a few days. I'm more than 50 numbers away. Let's see, at 3 upgrades a year (like we've had in 07), that's a just a few decades away for me.



That first sentence was a bit severe, but don't think for a second that your "fact checking" with your buddy is going to result in you being right.

If you have a hard time accepting being wrong, get used to hearing the next phrase every single day:

"My leg."

 

[kf4amu]

It's that kind of arrogant horse-crap attitude that makes people want to separate your teeth from their gums.

He is the least arrogant person on the face of this planet.
Next time I talk to him I'll get more info.